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CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Missed
deadlines
plague CSG
elections
Shortage of candidates to be made available
30 days bef ye an election.
candidates, Thesemisseddeadlinescaused
more missed deadlines when
ballot issues mar candidacy applications were
accepted as late as a few days
November election before the election despite the
new election code that required
By GIACOMO BOLOGNA the applications to be submitted
Daily StaffReporter 16 days before the election.
While some organizers of the
After a March election cycle election citedalackoftime asone
now infamous for a hearing that of the problems that hindered
lasted until 7 a.m. that deter- CSG's November election, oth-
mined the election, the Central ers like LSA senior Sean Walser,
Student Government held its a three-year veteran of student
November elections under an government who now serves as
entirely new election code. While the vice president of the Student
the problems CSG faced eight Association of Michigan, said he
months ago were avoided dur- found the handling of the elec-
ing last month's election, missed tion "embarrassing."
deadlines, a shortage of candi- "We've had some rough elec-
dates and erroneous ballots still tions in the past," Walser said.
plagued the contest. "But this is by far the worst I've
Some of the problems can be ever seen and I think it's really
attributed to the new election bad for .student government
code, which was only passed 28 to not really take time to have
days before the start of the elec- meaningful elections."
tion. By then, CSG was already In total, only eight students
in violation of the legislation the registered to run for the 18 avail-
assembly had just passed that able seats, and Walser said these
required the election director to numbers were both an anomaly
be approved 42 days before an and bad for student government.
election and the applications for See CSG ELECTIONS, Page SA
Lecturers' Employee Organization President Bonnie Halloran, a lecturer at the University's Dearborn campus, leads a protest for equal pay on Friday'
O rallies or equal pay
Protesters also
decry right-to-
work legislation
By GIACOMO BOLOGNA
Daily StaffReporter
As contract negotiations
with the University began last
week, about 40 members of the
Lecturers' Employee Organiza-
tion and other union support-
ers gathered at the entrance
to Palmer Commons on Friday
afternoon to rally in support of
LEO.
LEO, which represents
about 1,500 non-tenure track
lecturers at the University's
Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint
campuses,.also announced the
publication of a report alleging
a significant gap in pay between
professors and lecturers. LEO's
current contract is set to expire
in April and LEO president
Bonnie Halloran spoke to the
crowd about the current labor
situation faced by lecturers,
amid outbursts of chants and
cheers.
"(The report) shows that
while we are doing the lion's
work, we're only being paid
half as much to teach a class
as our fellow professors on
campus," Halloran said. "They
get twice the amount of dol-
lars to basically teach the same
amount of class, so we need to
see a change."
Speakers at the event, which
came a day after anti-union
legislation passed the state
Legislature, also addressed
Michigan's progression to a
right-to-work state.
"This has an impact on us
here at the University while
we're bargaining our contract,"
Halloran said. "We're an exam-
ple of an outstanding union
that works with our employer
to make better working condi-
tions and to create better con-
ditions at the University itself
and for the students."
Several members of the
Graduate Employees' Organi-
zation also attended, including
Rackham student Katie Frank,
the president of GEO, who also
spoke at event.
"It's not right. They're not
asking for. the moon, they're
asking to be compensated for
the work they do," Frank said
of LEO. "The primary func-
tion of this university is still
See LEO, Page 5A
STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MPowered
picks eight to
win $1,000.
After receiving . business competition in which
undergraduate and gradu
more than 4,000 ate students can submit short
DANCE BREAK
h
-
t
pitches, winners
chosen
By ALICIAADAMCZYK
Daily StaffReporter
After 4,537 entrepreneurial
pitches spanning eight differ-
ent categories, nine months of
planning, two rounds of cuts
and one entrepreneurship
workshop summit, eight Uni-
versity students each received
$1,000 to help make their busi-
ness ideas realities on Sunday.
An HIV vaccine, car alarm
alert system and University
health food stand were just
some of the student ideas that
received startup money during,
the 1000 Pitches Award Cer-
emony, a culmination of the
annual business competition.
Hosted by MPowered - a
student-run non-profit orga-
nization that fosters student
entrepreneurship - 1000
Pitches is a University-wide
video pitches detailing a
unique idea in categories rang-
ing from Health to Education
to Small Business & Consumer
Products.
Winners of past 1000 Pitches
competitions made speeches
and gave advice to the finalists
during the ceremony, includ-
ing Engineering senior Keith
Porter, the co-founder of A2B
Bikeshare, and University alum
Steve Dean, the co-founder of
Arbor Haven Foods, a gluten-
free food company based in
Ann Arbor.
Representatives from
Google, one of the event spon-
sors, were also in attendance
and granted the Mobile Apps
award to Engineering sopho-
more Robert Small.
Small won the Mobile App
contest with Hubba Hubba, a
smartphone app that will give'
skateboarders real-time infor-
mation on skating locations,
including whether or not the
spot is commonly patrolled by
See MPOWERED, Page SA
Students in the School of Music Theatre & Dance's dance department rehearse Saturday for their upcoming show.
CAMPUS CRIME
Visitor falls 43 feet out of
6th-f loor Markic.-y window
LOCAL BUSINESS
U'alums,
student
create
MyFab5
Ann Arbor-based
website uses new
system to rank
restaurants
By TYLER BAILEY
Daily Arts Writer
In a town like Ann Arbor with
a large restaurant scene, what
do you do when you want to
try somewhere new to eat? You
could ask a friend or someone
you know for a recommenda-
tion, or you could checka review
website to get the scoop on the
best places in town.
Both of these have their ups
and downs, but a group of stu-
dents have formed a start-up
company that combines the
interactivity of social media
with the spot-on recommen-
dations of restaurant reviews.
With their site, MyFabS, the stu-
dents hope to add a new twist
to the monotony of sites such as
Yelp and Urbanspoon.
Createdby Engineering junior
Nick Ruff and University alum-
See MYFABS, Page SA
After landing on
grass, 18 year old
survives fall
By AUSTEN HUFFORD
Daily StaffReporter
A guest of a University stu-
dent reportedly fell 43 feet
from a window in Mary Mark-
ley Residence Hall early in the
morning on Nov. 18, according
to University Police.
University Housing Secu-
rity was not informed of the
incident until late Monday
afternoon, when it was con-
tacted by the University's Risk
Management Services. Univer-
sity Police were subsequently
brought in to investigate. The
incident occurred between 4
and 7 a.m. from a sixth floor
window located inside a Mar-
kley bedroom. Police say the
18-year-old male . fell to the
grass on the side of the hall.
At about .9 a.m., the man
was able to stand up and walk
to the front of the building.
After borrowing a cell phone,
he called his friends, who only
then took him to the emergen-
See MARKLEY, Page SA
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